CALVES & STIRKS

The J36 fortnightly sale saw 110 calves forward, with all vendors once again leaving with a smile on their faces from the mornings trade. Quality calves were in high demand with British Blue bulls selling to £495 from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick, with others from the same good home selling to £480. Many British Blue bulls were breaking the £400 barrier. Native bred bulls sold well for strength, with Aberdeen Angus’s selling to £345 from R Morris-Eyton & Son, Whicham, with others to £335 from RF&CE Hodgson, Pennington. All Aberdeen Angus bulls forward averaged £310. HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick sold another lovely run of British Blues heifers selling to £410. Other British Blue heifers sold to £380 from TW&TE Sharp, Lyth whom also sold others to £370.
A young show of native heifers were forward with Aberdeen Angus’s selling to £260 from JH Walton & Son, Kirkby Stephen. A small show of Black and White bulls sold to a top of £135 from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth, with others selling to £110 from R Morris-Eyton & son, Whicham. Medium types regularly sold around the £40-£50 mark.
60 stirks were forward with all cattle selling to their full value, British Blue heifers sold to £655 from D Wightman & A Mason, Burton in Kendal. Other British Blue heifers sold to £630 from RJ&KR Wilkinson, Levens. Charolais bullocks sold to £650 from AG&ME Clark, Cartmel Fell. S&A Wood, Pennington sold a run of weaned Limousins calves to £550 for bulls and £510 for heifers. Buyers are keen to purchase all types of stirks for the next sale.

STORE CATTLE

A seasonal entry of store cattle were forward today, all classes and types were keenly bid for with buyers looking to secure replacement and additional stock. Todays saw steers sell to a top price of £1170 for Limousin x from AJ&H Clark, Sedbergh who sold others at £1140, Simmental x steers from T Sharp sold to £1080, with Charolais x steers from AW Irvine, Windermere selling at £1035. A keen interest for yearling steers saw Limousins sell to £1065 from FW Park, Windermere with others generally £880-£940. Native bred steers sold to £1125 for Aberdeen Angus’s from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton with other Aberdeen Angus’s to £1080 from RJ Walling, Mislet. Yearling native sired steers sold to £860 for Aberdeen Angus x from WR Clark & Partners, Carnforth and AE&PC Capstick, Milnthorpe. Saler x steers from D Stephenson, Ravenstonedale sold at £860.
Several dairy bred steers forward sold to £860 for Dairy shorthorns from S&M Cooper, Leece, Fleckviehs to £825 from JK&A Bowness & Son, Wasset, Montbeliarde achieving £825 from A&B Pickthall, Hincaster and 12-month-old Holstein Friesian from R Wilkinson, Clitheroe achieved £670.
Heifers sold to a top price of £1175 for a Hereford x from D Wightman & A Mason, Burton in Kendal, closely followed by I&AJ Armer, Burneside selling British Blues at £1170. A pen of Limousin heifers from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton sold at £990. With other Continental heifers regularly selling at £900-£960. A pen of White Park x Limousin heifers from JE Wightman, Lupton achieved £995. Limousin x Belted Galloway heifers from KD&L Armer, Kirkby Stephen achieved £830. Younger heifers generally sold around £740-£820.
A single bull for today sold at £1090 for a Hereford x from FW Park, Windermere.
A small entry of beef breeding cattle today, saw pure Hereford cows with Hereford calves at foot sell at £1290 and £1280 from R Dick, Kirkham.

CAST CATTLE

Today saw 8 buyers ring side today ensuring a completive trade from start to finish, with an overall market average of 136p/kg achieved. Cull cows sold to a top price of 179p/kg for a young Holstein Friesians from S&M Cooper, Leece, who sold others at 159p/kg. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows generally sold around 135-148p/kg, with mediums 120-135p/kg and leaner parlour type cows 95-112p/kg.
Beef cows sold to 171.5p/kg for a British Blue x from WH Kitching & Sons, Kendal. Other beef cows suitable for further finishing regularly selling 135-150p/kg, depending on age and quality. Top grossing cow was £1186 for a Holstein Friesian from S&M Cooper, Leece, closely followed by a pure Hereford from DJ Dickinson, Haverthwaite achieving £1146. Several cull bulls forward today saw Hereford sell to 154p/kg from GM Redmayne, Ings, with others at £1463 from RJ Dickinson, Haverthwaite. Dairy bulls sold to 109p/kg and £913 for a Holstein Friesian from Messrs Halpin, Barrow in Furness.
OTM heifers sold to 197.5p/kg and £1186 for British Blue x from JW Robinson & Son, Farlton who also sold OTM British Blue steers at 197p/kg and Hereford x steers to £1298.